A decade of music, digital arts, and the enduring beauty of Sicilian Valley of the Temples, featuring Octave One, Apparat, Ezra Collective, Mind Enterprises, Greentea Peng, Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles
Agrigento, Sicily, August 7–10
From August 7 to 10, 2026, FestiValle returns to the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento (Sicily) for a truly special edition. Titled “10 Years Together,” the tenth edition celebrates the festival’s journey with four days of concerts, digital arts, and site-specific performances in one of the Mediterranean’s most iconic UNESCO heritage sites.
Born as an independent project, FestiValle has grown year after year into a reference point for those seeking an experience beyond live music: a festival where contemporary sounds engage with history, landscape, and the energy of an increasingly international audience. The 2026 edition reflects this journey through more than twenty events, including concerts and shows, aftershows with views of the temples, sunset performances bathed in golden light, and unforgettable moments at dawn.
First International Artists in the Line-up
FestiValle 2026 opens on Friday, August 7, with Ezra Collective, one of the most explosive names in the new British jazz scene. BRIT Award winners, they bring to Agrigento a live show blending jazz, afrobeat, hip hop, and club culture, transforming every performance into a true collective celebration.
On Saturday, August 8, it’s the turn of Mind Enterprises, an Italian project that reinterprets the Italo disco aesthetic in a contemporary key, combining electronic grooves, retro imagery, and a dance attitude that speaks to the present. On the same evening, Octave One also arrives, pioneers of Detroit techno and an absolute reference in international club culture, with their unmistakable hardware live setup that intertwines techno, funk, and electronic soul. A unique opportunity to hear live their most famous and iconic track, “Blackwater,” released in 2000, considered a classic of Detroit techno and selling over a million copies.
Sunday, August 9, features the Italian exclusive of Greentea Peng, an enchanting artist recognized as one of the most representative voices of contemporary London sounds. Her music—between R&B, soul, dub, reggae, and contemporary trip-hop—radiates an authentic, mystical energy. The same evening also hosts the only Sicilian date of Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles. A multi-instrumentalist, singer, and Grammy Award winner, Cory Henry is one of the most magnetic figures in contemporary soul, funk, and gospel music: a high-intensity show balancing virtuosity and pure live energy. Closing the festival on Monday, August 10, is Apparat, performing exclusively in Sicily with his live band. A set traversing electronic music, ambient, and cinematic influences, perfectly in tune with the timeless atmosphere of the Valley of the Temples.
The Festival and Its Venues
Four days of music and performances set in extraordinary locations. Afternoons start with sunset concerts at the Giardino della Kolymbethra, one of the festival’s most evocative moments, framed by the millenary stones of the Temple of the Dioscuri. An ideal setting for intimate, immersive live shows, where music accompanies the slow fading of light.
The heart of the experience remains the Cava di Tufo, an ancient stone quarry used for the construction of Doric temples, now transformed into a natural theater: the Teatro dell’Efebo. Here the main stage comes alive, returning with site-specific video installations. An integrated audio-visual experience, with videomapping and live visuals, designed to merge the natural architecture with the artists’ performances. The quarry’s sandstone becomes an infinite screen, creating a kaleidoscopic show where music and imagery fuse into a single immersive experience.
For those who never tire of live music, the festival’s aftershows return, with views over the Temples of Concordia and Juno: night-time moments that extend the festival’s musical narrative in an atmosphere suspended between light effects, starry skies, and ancient ruins.
Further announcements will be made in the coming weeks. Subscriptions and single-day tickets are already available for pre-sale on the official website: www.festivalle.it
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